Type-writing machine.



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Patented Feb. 4, 1913i UNITED sTATps PATENT onirica.

JOHN PURDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOTHE MONARC TYPEWRITER COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, `NEW YORK, A CORPORATION yOF NEW YORK.

Be it lnoivn that I, JOHN PURDY, citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in T vpe-lVriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to typewriting machines and more particularly to gages for the side edge of the paper.

Une Object of my invention is to provide simple and eilicient means for effectivelyv gaging the Widthwise position of the paper with reference to the platen.

A further objectof my invention is to provide vsimple and efiicient means for readily effecting an adjustment of the 'gage throughout, or substantially throughout, the length of the platen.

still further object of my invention is to render the gage readily detachable from the machine when desired.

To the above and other ends which will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the features of construct-ion, arrangement of parts and combinations lof devices to be hereinafter described and particularlyT pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the accompanying drawingsl wherein like reference characters indicate "coi-ref' spending parts in the various views. Figure .l is a detail fragmentary plan vieiv with parts broken away of a carriage of a [Monarch machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse'sectional View ofv t-he same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail transverse sectional View taken through the sup porting har for the gages at. one of -the points of connection between the supporting bar and paper table. Fig. 4 is an enlarge detail transverse sectional view taken through one of the supporting devices for the gages and through the supporting bar on which it is adjustably mounted.

l have shown in accompanying drawings only so much of the carriage of a Monarch machine as is necessary to illustrate my invention.

The carriage vof a Monarch machine comprises a rear cross or slide bar 1 and for- Wardiy projecting end bars 2. A platen shaft 3 extends through bearing o enings in the end bars 2 of the carriage and) supports a. rotative cylindrical plate-n 4. Finger Specicaton of Letters PatentA Application flied April 2o,

.f as the i /f the indezi I Patented Feb. 4,1913.

1909. Serial No. 491,035.

Wheels 5 are provided at the ends oijthe plat-en shaft for rotating the platen. 'The usual combined platen and carriage scale 6 is mounted on supports (not shown) to travel with the carriage. A paper table 7 is provided with depending bifurcated bracketsS which straddle the stems of headed .screws 9 which are supported in tapped openings in lugs 10 that project forwardly frointh/e slide har l of the carriage. The papertable is thus supported in place on the ..carriage. The paper table is apertured near pockets ll riveted at l2 to the paper table. These pockets are each adapted toreceive a pin or lug 13 riveted to and projecting from a supporting or rack bar 14 which extends throughout or substantially throughout the length of the paper table and platen and longitudinally of the paper table. The supporting bar is held on the frontface of the paper table near the topl edge thereof and close to the paper table as indicated in -Figs. 1 and 2. v ,The supporting bar 14 is provided Withj'indices 15 which correspond to the/inscale and are situated, with" reference to the length of the carriage, i the saine positions dices on the c rriage scale so that numeral 2O for instance on the carriage or platenv scale is in the same vertical plane as the corresponding numeral on the supporting bar 14. Oneedge ofthe supporting bar has interdental Vspaces I6; adjacent spaces being situated a letter space distance apart. A locking part 17 is mount ed at one end of a spindle 18 received in a slide or supporting device 19 andfproyided with a linger piece or head 20. i chamber 2l isformed in the supporting device 19 to receive a coiled spring 22 which surroundsthe spindle 1.8 'and bears at one end against/an end Wall of the chamber and at the other end against the hub of the finger piece 20. Pressure of the spring 22 is thus exerted to movel 'the locking head into one of the tooth spaces 16 to secure the device 19 in the position to whichfit is adjusted along the supporting loar 14. There are two of these devices 19,. one situated ordinarily near the leftrhand end of the'supporting bar andthe other the right-hand end portion thereof.' The ga 623 that-fis curved face a sideedge4 apex' d) lyas indicated in l forwardly and ownwa the upper edge thereof to receive sockets or dices' onjthe combined platen and carriage neairi i F-ig. 2 to lcontorni generally to the curvature of the paper table so that the gage may be 5 right angles to the length of the t-able and to the axisof the platen so as to present a con'- tact face for coperation with ripide edge ot "thesheet4 The right-hand side edge gage'24 is'likeivise supported on the inner face of its ,v10-companionsupporting de-vice 19. By this construction each of the side edge gages may be adjusted( throughout' or substantially throughout the length of the paper table and the platen or to any letter-space positionthroughout the length of the platen in order to coperate with sheets ot any Width at any point lengthwise of the platen.

As the sheets are introduced into themachine they are placed over the supporting bar 14 between the gages 23 and 24, the side edges of the paper being brought into contact with and squared against the side edge gages (or either one oit them) and the paper is thus accurately directed to the platen at any position in the length thereof determinedv by the setting of the gages. The indices on the supporting bar licorresponding to those on the carriage or platen scale enable the gages to be readily set to the desired positions Without experiment.

While I have described the use of two paper gages 23 and 24, it should be understood that in some instances the employment of a single gage is sutiicient.

If desired the Supporting bar With the gages thereon may at any time be readily removed by withdrawing the pins 13 from the sockets 1l in which they are received.

`What I claiml as nevi7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is

l. In a typevvriting machine, the combi-'- nation of a cylindrical platen, a paper table tor supporting the paper as it is introduced into the machine, a bar supported onthe front face ot the-paper table contiguous a thereto and extending longitudinally thereof, and a side edge gage carried by and arranged in frontof saidhar to gage paper passed in front ofthe bar, said gage being slidably adjustable to. different positions along said bar.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a cylindrical platen, a paper table for supporting the paper as it is introduced into the machine, a supporting bar supported on the front face of the paper table and extending longitudinally thereof, a carriage scale, indices on said supporting bar spaced to correspond to the spacing on the carriage scale, and a side edge gage carried by and arranged in front ot the barand slidably adjustable to any letter space posip tion along said supporting har.l

3. In a typevvriting machine, the combination ot a cylindrical platen, a paper table tenacia for supporting the paper as it is introduced into the machine, a rack har mounted on the front Jface ofthe paper table near the top edge thereof and extending throughout or substantially throughout the length of the ltable, a carriage scale, indices on said rack bar corresponding to the carriage scale, a side edge gage, and a supporting device for said gage, said support-ing device being slid;-` ahly adjustable along said rack throughout the length thereof and having relatively movable means for engaging the teeth of said rack to hold the gage in its adjusted position.

4l. In a typeWrit-ing machine, the conibination of a cylindrical platen, a paper table for .supporting the paper as it is introduced into the machine, a rack bar detachably mounted on the front face of the paper table near the top edge thereof and extending throughout or substantially throughout the length of the table, a carriage scale, indices on said rack corresponding to the carriage scale, a side edge gage extending along the front face of the paper table inl a plane at right angles to the length of the table, the gage-conforming generally to the shape of the table, and a supporting device for said gage detachable with the rack bar, said supporting -device being slidably adjustable along said rack throughout the length thereof and to any position corresponding to a like position indicated on the carriage scale and having relatively movable means for engaging the teeth of said rack to hold the gage in its adjusted position.

5, In a typewriting machine, 4the combination of a cylindrial platen, a paper table for supporting the paper as it is introduced into the machine, sockets in the paper table,

a supporting bar having engaging devices that are received in said sockets in the paper table to detachably support the supporting bar on the paper table, and a side edge gage adjustable along said supporting bar.

6. In a typeivriting machine, the combination of a cylindrical platen.y 'a paper table for supporting the paper as it is introduced into the machine, sockets in the paper table, 1a supporting bar having engaging devices that are received in said sockets in the paper table to detachably support the supporting bar on the paper table, said bar extending longitudinally thoughout or substantially throughout the length of the. paper table, and a side edge gage adiustable along said supporting bar throughout or substantially throughout the length ot said bar.

7. In a typewriting machine, thescombination of a cylindrical platen, a paper table for supporting the. paper as it is introduced into the machine, sochets in the paper table near the upper end or edge thereotu rack bar having pins that are received in said sockets for detachably supporting they rack bar on the paper table, said rack bar eX- tending longitudinally of the table substantially throughout the length thereof, a carriage scale, indices on, the rack bar corresponding to the carriage scale, a side edge gage extending along the paper table in a plane at right anglesto the length of the paper `table and conforming generally to the sha e of the table, a supporting device for sai age, said supporting device being adjusta le elong said rack bar substantially throughout the length thereof and having l JOHN PURDY. Witnesses n CHARLES. E. SMITH,V

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